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FinTech News

Apex Partnering with Plaid for Easier Brokerage Transfers

by Kyle Burbank
Two well-known FinTechs are teaming up to deliver a better brokerage transfer experience. About the Apex-Plaid Partnership: This week, Apex FinTech Solutions and Plaid announced a new parnership that will see Apex integrating Plaid products into its offerings. As a result, Apex's brokerage firm clients will have new capabilities, which will also benefit end-users. As Apex and Plaid note, by partnering together, they'll be able to deliver an investment move...
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FinTech News

Barclays Officially Completes Best Egg Acquisition

by Kyle Burbank
Six months after announcing plans to acquire FinTech loan originator Best Egg, Barclays has now closed the transaction. About Barclays' Acquisition of Best Egg: The deal is done. Recently, Barclays US Consumer Bank announced that it has completed its purchase of Best Egg. This acquisition was first announced in October of last year. At the time, the bank disclosed that it was paying $800 million for the digital lender. Best...
Aven Bitcoin Credit Card
FinTech News

Aven Introduces Bitcoin-Backed Rewards Credit Card

by Kyle Burbank
A company known for its asset-backed credit cards is introducing a new product — one backed by Bitcoin. About the Aven Bitcoin Visa Card: This week, Aven announced the launch of its Bitcoin Visa Card. Rather than earning Bitcoin, however, this unique card is backed by customers' Bitcoin holdings. The reveal was made during the 2026 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas. With this new card, customers can pledge their Bitcoin to Aven and...
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FinTech News

Zelle Pilots Potential Bill Pay Feature with Truist Bank

by Kyle Burbank
The popular bank-backed peer-to-peer payment platform Zelle is now set to explore other payment options. About the Zelle-Truist Bill Pay Pilot: Today, Zelle announced a new pilot program in partnership with Truist Financial Corp. Specifically, this pilot will evaluate the usefulness of Zelle for paying bills, such as recurring credit card payments. As Zelle notes, more than $1.2 trillion was sent using the platform last year. In turn, last month,...
LendingClub is becoming Happen Bank
FinTech News

LendingClub Announces Upcoming Rebrand to Happen Bank

by Kyle Burbank
As former peer-to-peer loan platform LendingClub continues to expand and evolve, it's now preparing for a total rebrand. About LendingClub's Transition to Happen Bank: This week, LendingClub announced its plans to take on a new name: Happen Bank. The rebrand comes six years after the FinTech became a licensed bank and discontinued its peer-to-peer lending platform. LendingClub was founded in 2006 as a tool where investors could fulfill loans for...
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FinTech News

Budgeting App Monarch Introduces Monarch Plus Product Tier

by Kyle Burbank
A popular budgeting and personal finance app is introducing a new service tier with additional features. About Monarch Plus: Today, Monarch announced the launch of its new premium product called Monarch Plus. This new tier is meant to provide greater financial planning tools, including forecasting and other future-centric features. With Monarch Plus, customers will be able to explore different money scenarios and paths, seeing how today's spending may affect future...
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FinTech News

Robinhood Sets 1 Million Student Financial Education Goal

by Kyle Burbank
The investment app has announced a new initiative to encourage financial education in the classroom. About Robinhood's Financial Education Goal: This week (on Tax Day, incidentally), Robinhood revealed its pledge to reach one million people with classroom-based financial education programs by 2023. The announcement was made at the second annual Financial Education Summit in Washington D.C. According to the company, it plans to reach a range of people from grade...
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FinTech News

Embedded Finance Platform Pipe Raises $16 Million

by Kyle Burbank
A FinTech offering embedded financial solutions built for small businesses has raised a new round of funding. About Pipe's Funding Round: Recently, Pipe revealed that it raised another $16 million. The unspecified venture round was led by Fin Capital and MaC Venture Capital. Notably, Fin Capital also led the FinTech's seed round back in 2020. According to Pipe, this is the company's first equity raise since 2024, when it relaunched...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

by Kyle Burbank
 Ever since I started taking an interest in the FinTech sector, one company whose name I’ve seen pop up over and over again is SoFi. That was later sent into overdrive as the company has not only become a household name thanks to its stadium naming rights deal but also because of the company’s continued product expansions. The most interesting development in my mind is SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific...
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Credit Card News

Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

by Kyle Burbank
After pausing applications for their previous rewards card, the hotel chain Best Western has unveiled a new pair of rewards credit cards with a new issuer. About the Best Western cards: Best Western is partnering with First Bank & Trust and Mercury Financial to introduce two new co-branded credit cards. First up is the no-annual-fee Best Western Rewards Visa Signature Card. With this card, customers can 4x points on Best...
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Credit Card News

Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

by Kyle Burbank
Chase and Marriott Bonoy have unveiled a special contest while continuing to offer its best-ever welcome bonus. About the welcome bonus and Bold Chat Court Contest: Marriott Bonvoy and Chase have launched a special opportunity called the Bold Chat Court contest. As part of this contest, 10 lucky travelers will be awarded 500,000 Marriott Bonvoy points (for a total of 5 million) as well as $5,000. For this contest, the...
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Credit Card News

Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

by Kyle Burbank
Bilt is once again expanding its travel transfer rewards program — and is even breaking the mold with one new partner. About the new additions to Bilt: This week, Bilt launched partnerships with two more travel brands: TAP Air Portugal and Accor. As a result, Bilt members will now be able to transfer their points to Miles&Go and ALL Reward, respectively. In total, Bilt now has 18 transfer partners including 13...
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PayPal Debit Card Review: Earn Stackable 5% Cash Back

by Kyle Burbank
In recent weeks, PayPal debuted an updated debit card product (perhaps you've seen the incessant Will Ferrell commercials for it during football games?). With the launch of this card, the company known for online payments is encouraging customers to pay with them anywhere. To encourage such behavior, the debit card allows cardholders to earn 5% cashback — although, as you can imagine, there are some important restrictions on that. So,...